Christian Aid wants FTSE 100 to endorse transparency drive – Accountancy Age. As the Age reports: Christian Aid has asked thousands of its supporters to
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I have noted on a couple of occasions in the last few days responses I have developed to the IASB consideration of country-by-country reporting included
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I love the work of Hugh MacLeod The above comes from his book “Ignore Everybody” It’s profoundly true You can read more here. Note: cartoon
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FT.com / Global Economy – OECD urges tax rises and spending cuts. As the FT notes: Public spending cuts and tax rises in advanced economies
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I took part in a fascinating debate in Oslo yesterday. Unfortunately as the discussion was under Chatham House rules (for all bar me — I
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FT Alphaville » Crises trigger flight from risk. As the FT notes: Share prices, commodities and the euro fell sharply as investors fled risky assets
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As Ann Pettifor has noted: So Sir James Sassoon has joined the Bullingdon boy, Osborne, and the Barclays banker, David Laws, at the Treasury, as
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Buskers on the London Underground understand rental value. Earnings from a pitch at a busy station near the city centre will be far higher than
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I wrote the following blog for Compass this afternoon: The government has announced the first round of cuts in government spending. At just over £6bn
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